Progress (or rate of progress) in work being done

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Accompanying the news was the launch of Inconcert, a new workflow manager for client-server systems. ▪ But the high cost of workflow systems limits their appeal to the larger organisation. ▪ Do you have the necessary resources ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of business activity enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. It can be depicted as a sequence of ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1949, from work (n.) + flow (n.).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. progress (or rate of progress) in work being done [syn: work flow ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The rate at which a flow of work takes place 2 (context business English) A process and/or procedure in which tasks are completed. It may be defined with a flowchart to define actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.